Freescale promises $200 netbook

From TG Daily -

Freescale Semiconductor will be introducing in the next few months a $200 netbook, roughly half the price of current best-selling models. The new netbook will feature non-x86-based chips delivering up to eight hours of battery life, and would also be much thinner than present models. In addition, it will support operating systems like Phoenix's Hyperspace pre-boot shell and Xandros Linux, contrary to earlier announcements limiting support to Ubuntu.

The company had previously announced they would be designing a netbook with 3G connectivity, all day battery life, and the use of their own i.MX515 processor -- which is based on ARM's Cortex-A8 technology. While this CPU is not x86-based, it does promote energy efficiency using a RISC-like design.